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1715 Tiffany Drive East <br />oodwa '" • West Palm Beach, FL 33407 <br />TEL: 561.848.7200 <br />PAX: 561.848.0.346 <br />Gulfstream Goodwill Industries TDD: 561.848.3806 <br />March 8, 2017 <br />gulfstream goodwfll.org <br />Mr. Jason E. Brown <br />County Administrator, Board of County Conulussioners <br />Indian River County <br />180127"' Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3365 <br />Dear Mr. Brown: <br />1 am respectfully requesting a letter of support from you for Gulfstream Goodwill Industries to <br />assist in our annual funding allocation request from the state legislature through the Florida <br />Goodwill Association (FGA), of ►+fi ch we arc a member. <br />Florida Good%vill's are autonomous and overseen by their local board of directors; however, we <br />do collaborate on statewide issues pertaining to jobs forpersons with disabilities and other <br />barriers to employment. Each year, I, along with other FGA members, go to Tallahassee to <br />reinforce the success of the state finding allocation and provide measurable results attributed to <br />the number of people with disabilities successfully placed into jobs to become self-sufficient, <br />worlang members of the community. <br />Gulfstream Goodwill, as the largest health, human and social services non-profit in Palm Beach <br />County, fulfills our responsibilities to the disabled, the homeless and for those with other barriers <br />to employment. In 2015, Gulfstream Goodwill placed 470 people into employment within 237 <br />different businesses. These businesses represent 14 different industries and provide a weighted <br />average hourly wage of $9.86. No person employed at or placed by Gulfstream Goodwill <br />receives all hourly wage below minimurn rate. <br />Very significant is the state's return on investment from the $750,000 allocation distributed <br />among 9 Florida Good%ill's is the economic impact from job creation for persons with <br />disabilities. The 2016 Elliot D. Pollack Company Economic and Fiscal Impact Study for FGA <br />determined the fiscal impact of all placements in 2015 was 524.9 million for the State of Florida. <br />Results for the 2016 study are not yet finalized; however, the econornic and fiscal impact has <br />increased annually since their annual analysis began in 2012. <br />In support of FGA's collective mission of assisting persons with disabilities and other barriers to <br />emplo3inent to become self-sufficient %vorlang members of our corrununity, Gulfstream <br />GoodM11 also manages and operates the Palm Beach County Senator Philip D. Lewis Center, <br />The Transition to Life Academy Chaner School and Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm <br />Beaches, to name a few of our programs and services. Should you have specific questions about <br />Gulfstream Goodwill or pro►riding a letter of support, 1 would be delighted to speal- with you. I <br />can be ruched at (561) 848-7200. Thank you so much for your consideration! <br />Sincerely, <br />Manrin A. Tancl, <br />President and CFO <br />P21 <br />